A NEWLY qualified driver who killed a pensioner just weeks after passing her test has walked free from court. Hanna Lewis, 18, from Llandovery, West Wales, admitted to dangerous driving after she ploughed head on into Bryan Smithers, 79, in his Range Rover. It was revealed in court that she had whizzed around a corner at 55mph, when she lost control of her Audi. Mr Smithers, who was working as an accountant, was on his way home from his local bridge club when the fatal collision took place. The court heard that she had tried in vain to save him but his injuries were too severe and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Swansea Crown Court heard that Lewis, who was 17-year-old school girl at the time, had passed just 12 weeks before the accident near Carmarthen on August 29 last year. It was allegedly the first time she had driven at night. Georgina Buckley, prosecuting, said she took a sweeping left hand bend too fast and slewed onto the wrong side of the road. Lewis, of Llandovery, west Wales, admitted death by careless driving. She was jailed for eight months, suspended for two years and banned for three years. The university student has also been ordered to complete 200 hours of unpaid work. Her friend, Bronwen Tinney, suffered serious back injuries. DOUBLE 0-HEAVEN Princess Eugenie and Jack leave wedding in James Bond’s Aston Martin E-CIG FEARS Effects of vaping could be WORSE than smoking a regular cigarette, study finds… [Read full story]